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Special Education

Dickenson County Public Schools provides special education programs for students with disabilities ages 2 through 21, inclusive. Every child with a disability has the right to a free appropriate public education. Services include programs for individuals who have developmental delays, autism, intellectual disabilities, specific learning disabilities, visual impairments, hearing impairments, deaf/blindness, orthopedic impairments, emotional disabilities, speech/language impairments, physical disabilities, other health impairments, multiple disabilities and traumatic brain injuries.

There are five steps included in the Special Education Process. Those steps are:

  1. Referral/Child Study Meeting

  2. Evaluation

  3. Eligibility

  4. Development of the Individualized Education Program (IEP). The student’s IEP is reviewed annually.

  5. Reevaluation/Triennial

Dr. Jesse Neece, Director

Julie Davis, Parent-Family Liaison/Special Education Coordinator

Lauren Johnson, High School Transition Coordinator

Parent Resources for Special Education

Your Family’s Special Education Rights

Useful Links

The Virginia Department of Education is required by the Code of Virginia, § 22.1-217.01, to annually prepare and distribute to local school boards information describing educational and other services that are available to students who are deaf, hard of hearing, or visually impaired. School boards are required to post this information on school division websites annually and to inform the parents of students who are identified as deaf, hard of hearing, or visually impaired of the availability of such services. Specifically, the law states:

“The Department of Education shall annually prepare and distribute to local school boards packets of information describing the educational and other services available through the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, and the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired to students who are identified as deaf or hard of hearing or visually impaired. Local school boards shall annually post this information on the school division’s website and inform the parents of those students who are identified as deaf or hard of hearing or visually impaired of its availability. School boards shall ensure that packets of such information are available in an accessible format for review by parents who do not have Internet access.”

The VDOE’s Annual Resources Update for Serving Students with Sensory Disabilities is a compilation of the required guidance documents and additional resources available through the VDOE Sensory Disabilities web page. Administrators and teachers are encouraged to share the VDOE’s guidance and resources with parents. School divisions may contact the VDOE Office of Special Education Instructional Services to request printed copies and alternate formats to include in Virginia public schools and public libraries.

For questions regarding these annual resources, contact Amy Scott, Coordinator of Sensory Disabilities and Supports, at 804-418-4724 or Amy.Scott@doe.virginia.gov.